SOUTHERN REGION Ouachita National Forest NATIONAL FORESTS Arkansas - Oklahoma • Caddo-Womble Ranger District The U.S. Department of Leader Mountain Walk-In Hunting Area Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its Hunting Information programs and activities on the Hunters will find several quality walk-in turkey hunting areas within LEADER MOUNTAIN WALK-IN basis of race, color, national the 1.8 million acres on the Ouachita National Forest. These areas are the TURKEY HUNTING AREA is 9,925 acres origin, sex, religion, age, result of hunters requesting opportunities to hunt on public lands managed in size and located between Shady Lake Recre- disability, political beliefs, LEADER MOUNTAIN WALK-IN TURKEY HUNTING AREA by the USDA Forest Service in a place free of disturbance from motor ation Area and the Albert Pike Recreation Area sexual orientation, or marital or vehicles. on the Caddo Ranger District of the Ouachita family status. (Not all prohibited The Ouachita (pronounced Wash-I-tah) Mountains, with the highest National Forest. bases apply to all programs.) turkey population in the state of Arkansas, have seen the number Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. 261.50(a) and (b), Persons with disabilities who of hunters increase dramatically during the last 20 years, making it forest road B18 is closed year-round and roads require alternative means for challenging for serious turkey hunters to find an area to hunt away from B30A, B29, 914, B05 and B05A are closed communication of program traffic and noise. to motor vehicle traffic from February 1 to information (Braille, large print, All maintained roads leading into each area are closed to motor vehicle September 1 of each year. audiotape, etc.) should contact traffic from early spring to late summer. In some areas, road segments For your safety, the Ouachita National USDA's TARGET Center at and primitive forest roads are permanently closed and re-vegetated to Forest prohibits off-road vehicle use in the (202) 720-2600 (voice and improve turkey habitat and to control erosion. Signs are posted along area and also has implemented penalties for TDD). the boundaries of each area to inform the public about motor vehicle violations of the regulations. Violation of restrictions. Restricting vehicle traffic protects turkeys during the critical the prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not To file a complaint of nesting and brood rearing seasons. Other habitat improvements include more than $500 or imprisonment for not more discrimination, write USDA, prescribed burning and establishing water holes and food plots for the than 6 months, or both. Director, Office of Civil Rights, turkeys. These same projects will improve the habitat for more than 100 Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. 261.50(e), persons Room 326-W, Whitten Building, other species of wildlife. with a permit from the U.S. Forest Service spe- 1400 Independence Avenue, The Ouachita National Forest Walk-In Turkey Hunting Areas are a cifically authorizing an otherwise prohibited act SW, Washington, D.C. joint partnership between the USDA Forest Service, Arkansas Game and are exempt from the order, along with federal, 20250-9410 or call (202) Fish Commission, and the Arkansas Wild Turkey Federation as a part of state or local law enforcement, firefighting or 720-5964 (voice and TDD). the Making Tracks program. It began in 1989 as a way to improve wild rescue officers acting in an official capacity. USDA is an equal opportunity turkey habitat on national forest lands. It is also designed to provide a For additional information, contact the provider and employer. surplus of wild turkeys for stocking and introducing into suitable areas Caddo-Womble Ranger District, 1523 Hwy throughout the nation. 270E, , AR 71957, telephone 870-867-2101. State Regulations Hunting is permitted anywhere on the Ouachita National Forest except within developed recreation sites or otherwise posted areas. All state hunting and fishing regulations, fees, and seasons apply on national forest land. For more information, contact the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, No. 2 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205, 1-800-364-4263 or at www.agfc.com.

OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST • P.O. Box 1270 • Hot Springs, AR 71902 • 501.321.5202 • https://www.fs.usda.gov/ouachita HA-02 Revised Feb. 2020 Leader Mountain Walk-In Turkey Hunting Area Ouachita National Forest • Caddo-Womble Ranger District • Arkansas

Hunting Area Boundary

59 10 7 9 1 mile to Big Fork Seasonal Road Closure 271 112 Danville Poteau Booneville 8 71 Perryville 60 8 State Highway 60 270 59 60 (Paved) 270 County Road 248 Waldron 28 7 271 27 9 Heavener 71 64 County Road (Gravel) 59 270 Talihina 270 270 298 Jessieville County Road, Forest Mena Mt.Ida 5 38 88 38 Service Number (Gravel) 59 Oden 270 70 COUNTY N COUNTY 71 8 30 99 County, Forest 8 Hot (Dirt) 70 7 Springs Service Number 4 Glenwood B15 914 National Forest Road

70 (Dirt) ATHENS

OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS Leader Mountain Hunting Area 912 POLK National Forest Road Little (Unimproved) 64 25

MONTGOMERY Trail Heliport Electronic Site 43AParking1 Area H Missouri 25 SLATINGTON 38 Straight Campground, National BIG Crooked Forest Sugar LITTLE Approximate Scale Creek 3/4" = 1 mile

Creek 512 912 Norman to miles 12 Long Round Mountain River CANEY CREEK Creek MISSOURI Short Creek BUCKEYE FORK 43

East Hanna Buckeye 64 Blaylock Mountain Mountain LEADER MOUNTAIN Sugartree C97B Mountain Mountain C97D EAST CANEY 512 Katy WALK-IN Creek CREEK TURKEY 73 Creek TRAIL Mountain Blaylock Brier Caney 38A TRAIL 4 Radio Tower HUNTING AREA 914 99 Tall Peak BARD SPRINGS Leader Creek REC AREA 106 WILDERNESS Mountain ALBERT PIKE MENA Raspberry CADDO Mountain 38 908 Brush Heap Creek 369 Mountain 4.5 miles to Athens 4 miles to Langley